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Examine the practical structure and function of today's legal system from the perspective of the business practitioner with Meiners/Ringleb/Edwards' popular 'The Legal Environment of Business,' 15th Edition. The text highlights law and regulatory areas of the legal environment that are most relevant. Court cases summarize background facts and then give case decisions in the words of the courts. The authors focus on key issues to understand the legal reasoning. You examine a range of legal topics with business-specific examples and meaningful cases that direct attention to key points of law.

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Author:   Roger E. Meiners (University of Texas, Arlington) ,  Al H. Ringleb (University of Iowa) ,  Frances Edwards (Clemson University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   South-Western College Publishing
Edition:   15th edition
ISBN:  

9798214056449

Pages:   672
Publication Date:   30 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Today's Business Environment: Law and Ethics. 2. The Court Systems. 3. Trials and Resolving Disputes. 4. The Constitution: Focus on Application to Business. 5. Criminal Law and Business. 6. Elements of Torts. 7. Business Torts and Product Liability. 8. Real and Personal Property. 9. Intellectual Property. 10. Contracts. 11. Domestic and International Sales. 12. Business Organizations. 13. Negotiable Instruments, Credit, and Bankruptcy. 14. Agency and the Employment Relationship. 15. Employment and Labor Regulations. 16. Employment Discrimination. 17. The Regulatory Process. 18. Consumer Protection. 19. Environmental Law. 20. Securities Regulation and Antitrust Law. 21. The International Legal Environment of Business. Appendix A: Online Legal Research. Appendix B: Case Analysis and Legal Sources. Appendix C: The Constitution of the United States of America. Appendix D: The Uniform Commercial Code (Excerpts). Appendix E: National Labor Relations Act (Excerpts). Appendix F: Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Excerpts). Appendix G: Americans with Disabilities Act Excerpts). Appendix H: The Antitrust Statutes (Excerpts). Appendix I: Securities Statutes (Excerpts). Glossary. Index.

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Roger Meiners is the Goolsby-Rosenthal Chair in the College of Business at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he teaches Legal Environment of Business. Al Ringleb is President of the Consortium of Universities for International Studies, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa. Frances L. Edwards is an associate professor of legal studies in the College of Business and Behavioral Studies at Clemson University.

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